Black Oak Nights – New York

230 Fifth Rooftop Bar

Did we actually get a little reprieve in the weather yesterday? We must have, because for the first time in weeks, I woke up and my living room wasn’t 80 degrees at 7 o’clock in the morning. I don’t know if we’ll be that lucky today, but if we aren’t, we have plenty of indoor activities for the young, black professional to take advantage of today. From comedy shows to Caribbean and hip-hop parties, we have you covered on the Tuesday Black Oak Nights Rundown for July 27, 2010.

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Malatesta Trattoria

Here’s to a little bit of a let down from this heat wave that we have been experiencing over the past couple of weeks. Monday is supposed to be a lot more eventful and a little less hot. That of course means you can consume a little more alcohol outdoors than you could have when it was 100 degrees in this concrete jungle. As for how to put your outdoor drinking to use indoors, here is the Monday Nightlife Rundown for July 26, 2010.

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Tracy Morgan

Friday is finally here, and you know what? It didn’t take long for it to arrive! Maybe it’s just because we’ve been so busy taking advantage of Restaurant Week, open bars and chilling on the Long Island City “coastline” that the week just flew by us! Anyway, in case your week wasn’t as eventful as it should have been, let’s try to get you on the right track for the weekend with a couple of events more than worth your while. Here is the Friday Nightlife Rundown for July 23, 2010.
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Water Taxi Beach

I am not even going to sugarcoat it: It has been hella hot in New York City over the past few days, if not the past few months! Black Oak Nights will help you beat the heat with several indoor activities that we promise are well air-conditioned. For those of you that actually want to challenge Mother Nature and your body’s propensity for bearable temperatures, I do have an outdoor activity for you as well. So let’s get to it, because you are probably melting as you read this post on our new mobile-enhanced website! Here is your Thursday Nightlife Rundown for July 22, 2010.
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Socrates Sculpture Garden

It’s Hump Day—Black Oak Nights favorite day of the week! On what other day of the week can you actually celebrate having made it “thus far?” Monday is the beginning of your drudgery. Friday is the end of it. And even Thursday marks the unofficial start to the Black Oak Nights weekend. So on this Hump Day, we ask you to celebrate this special day for everything that it is: a once in a lifetime (and by lifetime I mean “week”) opportunity to go crazy. Here is your Wednesday Nightlife Rundown for July 21, 2010.

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Blue Smoke, NYC

Tuesday is here, and oh what a Tuesday it will be! Looks like the weather will get away from that rain crap we saw yesterday and should return to the sweltering hotness that has been the Summer of 2010. So after you’re outside enjoying the weather, we will get you inside to avoid it. By the way, we apologize for not bringing the rundown to you yesterday, but I wasn’t feeling all that well—but we’ll have such an issue covered next time around. So with our sorrows attached, here is your Tuesday Nightlife Rundown for July 20, 2010.

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It’s Tuesday, and hopefully you had a long, relaxing weekend. If you didn’t, there’s no time like the present to make up for lost time and chill and relax at one of the afterwork spots below. We didn’t go with any nightclub ventures this Tuesday, mostly because there aren’t that many late night parties for young, black professionals on this particular day. However, our reluctance to list nighttime outings for tonight also comes from the fact that most of you really “got it in” this weekend, and so we know you’re looking for something a little more laid back this evening. Hopefully our assumptions are right, and if they aren’t—well, there really wasn’t much else to give you. Here is the Tuesday Nightlife Rundown for July 6, 2010.

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